Spiritual Practices
Yearning

Take Action

Incorporate little rituals into your activities that enable you to freely express your desires. Wish on birthday candles or the last bite of pie. Build a "wishing wall" in your community where people add a stone to symbolize something they yearn for. Explain that the desire can be individual or communal but joining your desires to others may make its fulfillment more likely.

One of the ways groups in society make their desires known to the authorities is through petitions. Draft a petition expressing what your group wants to have happen in your community-such as a new political party, a park, silent zones around religious institutions and schools, etc. Get as many signatures as possible to support your yearning.